Early Wednesday, rumors began circulating that Cameron Payne, a point guard out of Murray State, had been contacted by a team “promising” to select him in the upcoming NBA draft (via Basketball Insider’s Alex Kennedy):
League sources suspect that Cameron Payne already has a draft promise. I’m hearing there’s a really good chance he goes in the lottery.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) May 27, 2015
While that is not necessarily a violation of league rules or regulations, it is somewhat unusual for a mid-to-late first-round pick like Payne to have an agreement of this nature in place.